U+13ACE "𓫎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13ACE "𓫎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing a specific glyph used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact phonetic or ideographic meaning is not standardized in Unicode. It was added to the standard as part of a large collection of hieroglyphs in Unicode version 16.0, released in September 2024, to support more accurate digital representation of Egyptian texts. This character is typically used in scholarly contexts such as Egyptology, where it may correspond to a Gardiner code or other classification system for identifying individual signs within the vast corpus of hieroglyphic inscriptions, helping to aid in the digital preservation and analysis of ancient Egyptian language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13ACE
Version Added	16.0
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph-#
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓫎
HTML Hex Encoding	𓫎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAB 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDECE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013ACE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udece

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	E-17-025
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lion, standing, tail downwards (E22), with the headpiece of a sistrum resembling a shrine on top of a Hathorian face, on top of its back.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	pẖr
kEH_UniK	HJ E114
kEH_JSesh	E114
kEH_HG	E114
kEH_IFAO	136,9